Sentence examples for good tests and from inspiring English sources

"Problematic items do sometimes occur even in good tests, and that is one more reason it is never acceptable to make a consequential decision based on a single test score," he said.

He explains the central considerations in developing and evaluating good tests and tells how tests can best be used, covering such topics as using tests for student incentives, paying teachers for performance, and using tests in efforts to attain new state and national standards.

"The ACT is a good test, and we know how to use it," Ms. McGrath Lewis said.

"We know that we have a good test and what we set up will be a good test," said Adolpho Birch, the N.F.L.'s senior vice president for law and labor policy.

"The course was offering a different wind direction but it was still very playable, a good test, and I just played pretty poorly".

I thought we had a good test and it was a good contest throughout.

"We knew Ross County would give us a really good test and we more than matched that," said Paatelainen.

The results of our study showed excellent to good test and retest reliability [ 23].

This scale has been found to have a high degree of internal consistency and good test-retest reliability and good construct and concurrent validity.

In the case of test-taking, good test preparation and a writing exercise can boost performance by reducing anxiety and freeing up working memory.

An old adage said that "good tests test good instruction," and that was the case in New York at one time; unfortunately, that is no longer true.